alt Hacker NewsThat's a solution. Another would be to enshrine in law independent watchdog agencies whose goal is to win trophies for rooting out corruption, reducing waste, preventing or breaking up harmful monopolies, etc.
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jdietrich • last Tuesday at 5:55 PM
How valuable are those trophies compared to bribes, or the tacit bribes of cushy "consultancy" roles? How do you stop lobbyists from gutting those regulators - what use is a fiercely independent regulator that has no resources?
Good governance is hard.
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> win trophies for rooting out corruption
Many a corrupt government has touted their anti-corruption activities that inexplicably seem to snare almost exclusively their political opponents.